It IS worse....
Because whenever we've played them in SF or Finals, we haven't been able to disprove the idea that they are some sort of mythical, undefeatable Entity that cannot be vanquished...
We always revert to type, and don't really believe we can ever beat them.
...and IF we ever do, there's a National outcry about some decision or other, to either deny us any real credit, or to ensure it doesn't happen again for a while!
Newcastle rock up and it just FELT like they were gonna win. They believed it, and so did Liverpool by the looks of it.
We've never really done that... Be it in Madrid, Wembley, or WHL...
and on the occasions we have beaten them, it's never really made much difference to the outcome of the season...
Winning in the league occasionally, or in the 1st leg of a 2-legged tie counts for shit when they still win the Big prizes at the end of the season.
Same with City, this 'curse' we seemed to have on them, never really stopped them from winning everything in their path... but when we HAVE beaten them in the Cups, again, it counts for shit if WE can't take advantage and WIN THE ACTUAL TROPHY we've just knocked them out of, and get knocked out ourselves in the next round.